Denise Miranda, the New York State's Division of Human Rights' newly confirmed permanent commissioner, said she's targeting a ...

The fatal beatings in recent months of inmates Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi by prison staff, as well as the March wildcat ...

The footage released by the New York attorney general’s office shows correctional officers hitting Brooks while he was restrained at the prison on Dec. 9. He died the next day at a hospital in Utica.

Body camera footage released by the New York attorney general’s office shows correctional officers hitting Brooks while he was restrained at the prison on Dec. 9. He died the next day at a hospital in ...

State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III and state lawmakers may have different ideas about what the best path forward is for New York’s prisons ..

New York may close more prisons as state officials continue to grapple with a severe staffing shortage that was worsened by the firing of 2,000 striking correction officers in March. The state ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A former corrections officer at Eastern Correctional Facility in Napanoch pleaded guilty to smuggling cell phones and other contraband into the prison in exchange for cash ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — According to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), a pay increase is on the way for correction officers, sergeants and lieutenants.

According to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), a pay increase is on the way for correction officers, sergeants and lieutenants. Fox Business ...

the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is moving to do just that for a limited number of officers. A spokesperson for DOCCS confirmed that negotiations are ongoing through ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, seeking to boost the ranks of corrections officers during a shortage that was exacerbated by the ...